“Can’t. I feel like my belly fat is folding while sitting.”
At those words, Seo Heejin’s gaze swept over my body. When I crossed my arms because goosebumps strangely rose, a low laugh was heard from above my head.
“I was going to go to the newly opened handmade burger place across the street today.”
Flinch. My body reacted again without me knowing. The handmade burger place across the street was the place I’d been jumping up and down with anticipation after seeing the tenant planned card hanging since construction.
The place I hadn’t been able to go to for nearly a month since it opened because I had to stand in line too long during lunch time.
“I can leave early today so I was going to stand in line.”
My fingers fidgeted above my crossed arms.
“…I want to go too.”
I, who had been weighing between appetite and sexual desire, raised appetite’s hand. Because handmade burgers are something I can eat, but Seo Heejin’s dick is something I can never eat forever.
“Okay, choose a menu and send it to the chat room.”
Seo Heejin gave a pretty eye smile, waved his white hand, and returned to his seat. Did he come because he had business here, or did he come to tempt me with handmade burgers?
Feeling ashamed of myself for falling for handmade burgers not long after firming my resolve, I looked at my monitor and this time Deputy Go from the next seat tapped me.
“Yunwoo-ssi. You’re colleagues with Heejin-ssi, right?”
When I nodded while hiding my lukewarm feelings at the whispered voice, Deputy Go smiled brightly.
Even if you’re gay, you can dislike feminine men and like cute women. Of course. It’s just that I’m not sexually attracted, but it was nice to see a woman smiling cutely.
“I’m jealous, being close enough to eat with Heejin-ssi.”
“Huh?”
Deputy Go’s gaze went diagonally to the right. The place I couldn’t see because my monitor was blocking it.
“Heejin-ssi is a total iron wall. He smiles and blocks everyone. There’s more than one or two people who’ve subtly hit on him at the company, right?”
“Aha.”
Seo Heejin is a really easy guy though. He eats if you say let’s eat, drinks if you say let’s drink, goes to the convenience store if you say let’s go to the convenience store.
He probably kept a bit of distance from female employees because he has a girlfriend. He does seem like the type who’d be popular with women anyway. Not knowing what to respond with, I just laughed haha and let it go.
***
“It’s out. Yunwoo hyung’s truthful furrowed brow.”
I, who had been enjoying the fantastic harmony of the soft patty bursting with salty meat juice, savory bun, and sauce with a slight pepper taste, frowned at the unexpected attack. They say even dogs don’t touch you when you’re eating.
“Ah, what.”
When I made a voice full of complaints, Seo Heejin held out a tissue.
“Wipe your mouth while eating.”
“Where did it get on?”
I had french fries in one hand and a burger in the other, so I had no hand to receive the tissue.
“Left corner of your mouth.”
That kind of thing, you just lick it with your tongue like this and it’s done. When I licked the corner of my mouth with my tongue, Seo Heejin’s neat eyebrows wriggled.
“Hey, I’m licking my mouth with my tongue and you look at me like I’m something dirty?”
It’s not just me eating like a dog—the two next to me are also eating with it all over their mouths. Seo Heejin, who glanced to the side following my gaze, let out a small sigh and got up from his seat.
Even while eating, my faithful eyes chased Seo Heejin’s lower body. You’re doing well today too. Maybe because it’s been a while, it seems a bit bigger.
“Where are you going?”
At Hyungtae’s question, Seo Heejin pointed at me, Song Ki, and Hyungtae once each with his long fingers.
“You all know you’re dripping sauce from your hands right now, right? I’ll get wet wipes.”
“Kid’s being nice. Thanks.”
When Hyungtae answered while sucking the sauce on his fingers, Seo Heejin grimaced.
“I’m saying I’ll bring wet wipes, so why are you eating that!”
So Seo Heejin dislikes that. I also followed Hyungtae and sucked the sauce on my thumb with a sucking sound while observing Seo Heejin’s reaction.
“Uut…”
Seo Heejin, who must have really disliked it, turned his body around and walked to the counter while covering his mouth, turning red to his ears.
“Such a fuss, such a fuss.”
At my words, both Song Ki and Hyungtae nodded as if agreeing.
***
Once I was momentarily swayed by handmade burgers, but after that, I also firmed my resolve and avoided Seo Heejin.
Out of sight, out of mind. Who said that? When out of sight, I might forget a bit, but Seo Heejin’s dick followed me around like a resentful specter.
To the point where I felt like I’d get an erection now just seeing a 500ml beer can at the convenience store.
But there was no particular method. Days continued where I relieved sexual desire alone at home with dildos and gently avoided Seo Heejin at the company. Even in the midst of that, there was meaningless development. The thickness of dildos my hole could eat gradually got thicker.
Lunch was unconditionally a lunch box. One banana, one chunk of chicken breast, three cherry tomatoes.
Once, Seo Heejin made the foolish statement that he’d diet following me and got properly beaten by Hyungtae and Song Ki. It was fortunate Seo Heejin was skinny.
I ran away from drinking gatherings using diet and nonexistent prior appointments as excuses. How many weeks did that continue? As expected. Unavoidable suspicion began.
Kim Hyungtae
Did Yunwoo get a girlfriend? 14:17
Ah, what are you saying. No 14:17
Song Kihun
But why do you always say you have prior appointments? 14:18
It wasn’t completely a lie. Although they’re not human, prior appointments with dildos are important too.
Seo Heejin
Yunwoo hyung, are you really dating? 14:18
I said no 14:19
Why is Seo Heejin doing this again?
After that, Seo Heejin went radio silent in the group chat for a while, perhaps because he was busy, but I was tormented by Hyungtae and Song Ki’s question mark attacks all day.
Explosive reactions followed my message sent while contemplating whether to just lie and say I’m dating, exhausted in the end.
If I’m dating, I don’t have to go to drinking gatherings? 16:48
Kim Hyungtae
See. This bastard is dating, right? 16:48
Song Kihun
Acknowledged. If the bastard scores, acknowledged even if he never comes out forever 16:48
Kim Hyungtae
Huh? Then I acknowledge too! Acknowledged if you set up a blind date! 16:48
Seo Heejin
No 16:48
Kim Hyungtae
Is she pretty? 16:49
Song Kihun
What kind of woman is she? 16:49
Kim Hyungtae
Not a company person, right? Don’t tell me… Deputy Go? 16:49
Song Kihun
Heard Deputy Go’s standards are high 16:49
Kim Hyungtae
Deputy Go is not allowed, Jeong Yunwoo! 16:50
The chat room became chaotic in an instant, and thanks to that, I quickly forgot the “No” message Seo Heejin sent.
* * *
I thought I was cleverly avoiding him well. But because of the person who creaked open the door of the old iron plate steak house, I dropped the chopsticks I was holding.
I really couldn’t understand why Seo Heejin was coming out of here. And the moment I confirmed it was Seo Heejin, my gaze naturally went downward. Hoping that because we were far apart, he couldn’t tell whether my gaze was directed at his face or his dick.
“Heejin-ssi, over here!”
Deputy Go, who was sitting next to me, waved with a welcoming face.
